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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 04-2660275

Roberta M Childs Charitable Foundation

A private foundation in Plymouth, MA. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 13 grants and $545,000 paid in grants.

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Tax year 2025 (period ending Dec 31, 2025), read from the IRS e-file on Nov 11, 2026. Returns reach the IRS 5 to 18 months after the year they describe.

How to apply

Accepts applications

The return gives an application contact and rules, as below.

Contact
Nathan Withington
74 Old Sandwich Road
Plymouth, MA 02360
(617) 589-3286
Form and materials
No formal requirements
Deadlines
No deadlines
Restrictions
None

Assets and giving by year

8 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.

  • Tax year 2025

    $545,000

    Grants listed
    13
    Assets, end of year
    $3,161,765

  • Tax year 2024

    $555,942

    Grants listed
    14
    Assets, end of year
    $3,562,426

  • Tax year 2023

    $525,000

    Grants listed
    18
    Assets, end of year
    $3,975,813

  • Tax year 2022

    $465,000

    Grants listed
    13
    Assets, end of year
    $4,216,713

  • Tax year 2021

    $566,200

    Grants listed
    15
    Assets, end of year
    $4,516,461

  • Tax year 2020

    $458,000

    Grants listed
    12
    Assets, end of year
    $4,624,528

  • Tax year 2019

    $395,000

    Grants listed
    10
    Assets, end of year
    $4,913,043

  • Tax year 2018

    $554,500

    Grants listed
    18
    Assets, end of year
    $4,666,202

Grants paid in 2025

13 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Wildlands TrustPlymouth, MA

    General support

    $250,000
  2. Bid Plymouth Family FundPlymouth, MA

    General support

    $75,000
  3. Plimoth Patuxet MuseumsPlymouth, MA

    General support

    $50,000
  4. Battenkill Valley Health CenterArlington, VT

    General support

    $30,000
  5. Woodside School & Comm Resource CtrPlymouth, MA

    General support

    $30,000
  6. New England Wildlife CenterS Weymouth, MA

    General support

    $25,000
  7. The Jeffie FoundationWenham, MA

    General support

    $25,000
  8. Plymouth IndependentPlymouth, MA

    General support

    $20,000
  9. Black Feather Horse RescuePlymouth, MA

    General support

    $10,000
  10. Massachusetts Veterinary Medical Association - MvmaMarlborough, MA

    General support

    $10,000
  11. Plymouth PhilharmonicPlymouth, MA

    General support

    $10,000
  12. Manomet Bible ChurchManomet, MA

    General support

    $5,000
  13. Windrush FarmNorth Andover, MA

    General support

    $5,000

Where the money goes

By cause: grants to organizations we matched to the IRS list of exempt organizations, by their category.

  1. Environment1 grant $250,00070% of the total
  2. Arts and culture1 grant $50,00014% of the total
  3. Health1 grant $30,0008% of the total
  4. Animals1 grant $25,0007% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Massachusetts12 grants $515,000
  2. Vermont1 grant $30,000

Officers, directors and trustees

3 people as filed

As filed on the return, with average hours per week and pay from the foundation.

  • Nathan N WithingtonTRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $0
  • Meghan KnightTRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $4,000
  • Heather WardTRUSTEE Hours 7Pay $4,000

The return

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